Title :
9-W Output Power From an 808-nm Tapered Diode Laser in Pulse Mode Operation With Nearly Diffraction-Limited Beam Quality
Author :
Dittmar, Frank ; Klehr, Andreas ; Sumpf, Bernd ; Knauer, Arne ; Fricke, Jörg ; Erbert, Götz ; Tränkle, Günther
Author_Institution :
Ferdinand-Braun-Inst. fur Hochstfrequenztechnik, Berlin
Abstract :
808-nm tapered diode lasers are fabricated based on a super-large optical-cavity (SLOC) structure with very small divergence of 18deg full width at half-maximun (FWHM). A 16-W overall output power with 9 W of nearly diffraction-limited beam quality in pulse mode operation is obtained.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; semiconductor lasers; diffraction-limited beam quality; power 16 W; power 9 W; pulse mode operation; super-large optical-cavity; tapered diode lasers; wavelength 808 nm; Diffraction; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Pump lasers; 808 nm tapered diode lasers; High brightness; narrow vertical far field; pulse excitation; semiconductor laser; tapered laser;
Journal_Title :
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JSTQE.2007.902838
